-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, GWM77k/SMFdyApDl22acBdBlF7ChH+Eho0wt5bXXT4xdfJobr01bYE7irtg6qGpW 0k41cgDVoa7B4WLsrJu5NA== 0000813828-07-000132.txt : 20070309 0000813828-07-000132.hdr.sgml : 20070309 20070309132135 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000813828-07-000132 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20070306 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20070309 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070309 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CBS CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000813828 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEVISION BROADCASTING STATIONS [4833] IRS NUMBER: 042949533 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09553 FILM NUMBER: 07683585 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 51 WEST 52ND STREET STREET 2: 35TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10019 BUSINESS PHONE: 2129754321 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 51 WEST 52ND STREET STREET 2: 35TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10019 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: VIACOM INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 form8kasr392007.htm FORM 8-K

 


UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): March 6, 2007

 

CBS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

001-09553

04-2949533

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification Number)

 

51 West 52nd Street, New York, New York

10019

(Address of principal executive offices)

(zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 975-4321

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 


 


Item 8.01    Other Events.

 

On March 6, 2007, the Company purchased approximately 47.3 million shares of its outstanding Class B common stock for approximately $1.4 billion through an accelerated share repurchase transaction. The cost of the shares is subject to adjustment based on the volume weighted average price of CBS Class B common stock over a specified period.

 

A copy of the press release announcing the Company’s agreement to repurchase the shares pursuant to an accelerated share repurchase transaction is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

 

(d) Exhibits.

The following Exhibit is filed as part of this Report on Form 8-K:

 

Exhibit

Number

Description of Exhibit

99

Press Release of CBS Corporation, dated March 6, 2007, announcing the Company’s agreement to repurchase shares pursuant to an accelerated share repurchase transaction

 

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

CBS CORPORATION

(Registrant)

 

 

By: 


/s/ Louis J. Briskman

Name:

Louis J. Briskman

Title:

Executive Vice President

and General Counsel

 

 

 

Date: March 9, 2007

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit

Number

Description of Exhibit

99

Press Release of CBS Corporation, dated March 6, 2007, announcing the Company’s agreement to repurchase shares pursuant to an accelerated share repurchase transaction

 

 

 

 

EX-99 2 form8kasrexhibit03092007.htm


 

 

 

 

 

March 6, 2007

 

CBS CORPORATION AGREES TO REPURCHASE CBS CLASS B COMMON STOCK

THROUGH ACCELERATED SHARE REPURCHASE TRANSACTION

 

CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS and CBS.A) today announced that it had agreed to repurchase approximately 47 million shares of CBS Class B common stock through an accelerated share repurchase transaction, and intends to effect this repurchase today. This repurchase of $1.4 billion is in connection with CBS’s share repurchase program announced on February 27, 2007. The cost of the repurchased shares is subject to adjustment.

 

CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS) is a mass media company with constituent parts that reach back to the beginnings of the broadcast industry, as well as newer businesses that operate on the leading edge of the media industry. The Company, through its many and varied operations, combines broad reach with well-positioned local businesses, all of which provide it with an extensive distribution network by which it serves audiences and advertisers in all 50 states and key international markets. It has operations in virtually every field of media and entertainment, including broadcast television (CBS and The CW – a joint venture between CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Entertainment), cable television (Showtime and CSTV Networks), local television (CBS Television Stations), television production and syndication (CBS Paramount Network Television and CBS Television Distribution), radio (CBS Radio), advertising on out-of-home media (CBS Outdoor), publishing (Simon & Schuster), interactive media (CBS Interactive), music (CBS Records), licensing and merchandising (CBS Consumer Products) and video/ DVD (CBS Home Entertainment). For more information, log on to www.cbscorporation.com.

 

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Contacts:

Press

Investor Relations

Dana McClintock

Debra King

212/975-1077

212/975-3718

dlmcclintock@cbs.com

debra.king@cbs.com

 

 

 

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